tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-13727952.post3099029308861341447..comments2024-03-19T06:57:10.348-04:00Comments on Doux Reviews: Sense8: The Cancellation (and Brief Renewal)Billie Douxhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/17141769005175631213noreply@blogger.comBlogger17125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-13727952.post-55869707264440154552018-06-22T11:27:51.486-04:002018-06-22T11:27:51.486-04:00Just watched the final episode. Can't stop sm...Just watched the final episode. Can't stop smiling. Looking forward to your review.<br />-SoozeAnonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-13727952.post-1122141617441234762017-06-30T11:02:31.020-04:002017-06-30T11:02:31.020-04:00Yaasss!!!! They fix it! This is like Serenity or V...Yaasss!!!! They fix it! This is like Serenity or Veronica Mars all over again. Cant stop smiling! Not often, but sometimes dreams come true!Juanhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/12270815307533283111noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-13727952.post-40315308320015753032017-06-30T10:32:55.989-04:002017-06-30T10:32:55.989-04:00magritte, thanks. :) We were dancing around the Do...magritte, thanks. :) We were dancing around the Doux Reviews (virtual) writers room about this news yesterday. Netflix must have taken a closer look at the bottom line of leaving an expensive series unfinished forever, and decided that finishing it was more lucrative. Billie Douxhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/17141769005175631213noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-13727952.post-8623266084282663242017-06-30T09:34:34.134-04:002017-06-30T09:34:34.134-04:00Well, looks like we're going to get a 2-hour f...Well, looks like we're going to get a 2-hour finale. I hope it ends the story in a satisfying way.<br /><br />http://www.cnn.com/2017/06/29/entertainment/sense8-netflix/index.htmlmagrittenoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-13727952.post-237772730129107362017-06-09T18:26:05.086-04:002017-06-09T18:26:05.086-04:00@Lamounier, I really liked a Cloud Atlas too (I...@Lamounier, I really liked a Cloud Atlas too (I'm a huge Tom Tykwer fan), but I can't say I'm surprised it was not a mainstream commercial success. I also liked an early Wachowski film, Bound, a lot.magrittenoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-13727952.post-89074100117005024312017-06-08T18:41:41.833-04:002017-06-08T18:41:41.833-04:00With kind of got one already, in a flashback. At l...With kind of got one already, in a flashback. At least is something. What bothers me the most is knowing on what terrible state Wolfgang remains at the end. That kills me. That and so many other things. But not resolution on a live or dead situation is the worst feeling. This whole situation is a terrible feeling :(Juanhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/12270815307533283111noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-13727952.post-16011409987073211082017-06-08T11:08:10.987-04:002017-06-08T11:08:10.987-04:00I'm super shallow so right now I'm just bi...I'm super shallow so right now I'm just bitterly disappointed we'll never get a Sun/Mun love scene. :(Thomas Ijon Tichyhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/01401298696128080459noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-13727952.post-43415145143531455202017-06-07T21:04:51.478-04:002017-06-07T21:04:51.478-04:00Thomas, I had no idea! It really shouldn't be ...Thomas, I had no idea! It really shouldn't be this way.Lamounierhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/00225447169375363236noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-13727952.post-78287434667818786142017-06-07T18:21:55.723-04:002017-06-07T18:21:55.723-04:00It's not at all uncommon for creators and acto...It's not at all uncommon for creators and actors on a show to only find out about cancellation the same time as the fans do. I remember the actors of Nashville found out via twitter.Thomas Ijon Tichyhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/01401298696128080459noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-13727952.post-22947939886963836822017-06-07T15:38:54.947-04:002017-06-07T15:38:54.947-04:00No, the sad thing is that he is a co-founder of Ne...No, the sad thing is that he is a co-founder of Netflix. I dont know what happened. Meaby economy has hit them hard the last year I dont know. The dark side must have taken him. And for JMS finding out througth the internet thats awful and undeserved. You are right about Firefly getting some kind of resolution with the movie. I tend to forget it, mostly because of Wash and the shepherd :(. Lets hope that is Sense8 get that lucky to have at least a movie to close the story all of the sensates babys make it alive. And Amanita and Hernando and Daniela please! One can only dream... Juanhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/12270815307533283111noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-13727952.post-78856193505643646882017-06-07T12:17:29.320-04:002017-06-07T12:17:29.320-04:00You know, while I'm trying not to see Netflix ...You know, while I'm trying not to see Netflix as "the villain", after I wrote my thoughts on the cancellation I read that JMS learned from the internet that <i>Sense8</i> had been cancelled. He was one of the show creators and a freaking showrunner and they didn't tell him first? That's pretty tactless. Also, Juan, I didn't understand the CEO's logic. He went about pushing for quality and risks and somehow that equals to cancelling some shows here and there. Is he a new CEO? Because it's such a change of pace for Netflix. I think that our shock also comes from the fact that we all perceived Netflix as a safe place for different shows. Not anymore. :(<br /><br />At least <i>Firefly</i> got a movie. I hope <i>Sense8</i> gets one too. In fact, I read somewhere that <i>Sense8</i> has become the <i>Firefly</i> of this decade, as in beloved genre series that ended too soon.<br /><br />Billie and Laure, the "visiting" is for sure what I'll miss the most. There is something so special about that concept, the way they connect and <i>feel</i> what the other one feels is so pure and profound.<br /><br />magritte, <i>Cloud Atlas</i> is one of my favorite movies ever, as in Top 5 favorite, which is why I always disagree when someone says the Wachowskis are one hit directors. I don't think a movie has ever spoken to me the way <i>Cloud Atlas</i> has, especially when it comes to my views of humanity and fighting for a cause. It's a special work of art and a predecessor to <i>Sense8</i> in many ways.Lamounierhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/00225447169375363236noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-13727952.post-5129884903044001222017-06-07T00:51:04.351-04:002017-06-07T00:51:04.351-04:00I'm personaly very heart broken. I loved the s...I'm personaly very heart broken. I loved the series, even from the beginning. It was so diferent and fresh. So modern. So caring. I fell for all the characters. The story or the mithology werent the most important to me, it was the interactions of each protagonist. Theirs stories. They felt like real people in extraordinaries circunstancies, but real non the less. And the menssage of the series, one of love and acceptance of differenses was like nothing I ever saw. So beautiful. Such a miss. Netflix used to have a fame of rescuer of death series, it seem no more. Why would anyone want to see any series of them now knowing that they could cancel it any time without a proper ending just like any network. The last interview of the Ceo was very unsettling in that regard. They are planing more cancellations. He sounded quiet arrogant and herthless to be honest. Its really a sad thing but this seems to be their new bussines model. More teen dramas (13 reason why, that doesn't really need a continuation but aparently got good numbers) and Adam Sanddler movies that to be honest I found them tasteless, no ofense. Sense8 was saddly ahead of its time. I will miss it. My second Firefly. :(Juanhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/12270815307533283111noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-13727952.post-69234552670807320652017-06-06T20:44:55.240-04:002017-06-06T20:44:55.240-04:00While I'm disappointed, I'm not completely...While I'm disappointed, I'm not completely shocked. It's a little like another Wachowski project, A Cloud Atlas: a thematically ambitious work with beautiful cinematography and meticulous editing, that doesn't fit genre expectations. It's tough to support so much cinematic ambition when its target audience is limited. It's a problem another visionary director, Terry Gilliam, has faced throughout his career.<br /><br />And while I'd like to see an end to the main story arc, I'm not sure how you would do it. I don't think a low budget series would be able to maintain the visual qualities that are a big part of what makes the show special, and a 2 hour finale would have to drastically change the show's pacing and feel...though the season 2 finale itself seemed very rushed to me. magrittenoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-13727952.post-39286995012186001632017-06-06T19:39:19.442-04:002017-06-06T19:39:19.442-04:00I'm a little heartbroken. Sense8 was such a fu...I'm a little heartbroken. Sense8 was such a fun show. I don't know if uve ever seen anything more beautifully shot and I loved watching them 'visit' each other as Billie put it. I loved all eight of them and how they seemed to instantly click and accept each other. I'm really upset thay i wont get to spend anymore time with these characters and really really annoyed that the story won't get an ending. Ugh..Laure Mackhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/00692780015410946019noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-13727952.post-39442111109271984692017-06-06T19:05:00.789-04:002017-06-06T19:05:00.789-04:00It's infuriating. I had just decided that I wa...It's infuriating. I had just decided that I was getting into the show so much that I wanted to rewatch season one -- and then boom. What is Netflix thinking? It doesn't make financial sense to not finish the story because as you said, Lamounier, hearing that it ends in a cliffhanger is going to keep people from even trying it. <br /><br />There's no question that having eight stories going on at once was confusing at first, and this isn't really a sci-fi show. But at some point, I realized how much I loved the "visiting." Having a major issue in your life? Your seven closest friends stop by and help you through it. In a fight for your life? You're not going through it alone. I was lukewarm about the Whispers plot, but I wanted it resolved. And now it won't be. Unless there's a miracle and Netflix realizes that they'll get more viewers if they give Sense8 a proper ending.Billie Douxhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/17141769005175631213noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-13727952.post-16828140293617005422017-06-06T18:38:30.887-04:002017-06-06T18:38:30.887-04:00Thomas, thanks, I fixed it. I understand where JMS...Thomas, thanks, I fixed it. I understand where JMS is coming from, but I hope down the road he is able to come up with a satisfying conclusion, if Netflix greenlights it, obviously.Lamounierhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/00225447169375363236noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-13727952.post-35556094901524876432017-06-06T18:13:09.365-04:002017-06-06T18:13:09.365-04:00Unfortunately I think JMS' M.O. means it would...Unfortunately I think JMS' M.O. means it would be impossible for him to deliver just one finale right now that he'll be pleased with.<br /><br />Oh, and it's "Straczynski". ;-)Thomas Ijon Tichyhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/01401298696128080459noreply@blogger.com